June 17, 2026
Today, we celebrate Portugal Day, also known as Camões Day. Luís Vaz de Camões, a renowned writer, is widely considered to be the greatest poet in […]
June 7, 2026
My colleague Fatima always said that when the peaks of Madeira turn yellow with flowers blossoming summer is about to begin. The fact that summer is […]
May 26, 2026
Our guests also saw Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), and a loggerhead turtle (Caretta Caretta). Our residential baleen whale species, the […]
May 25, 2026
Today in the morning and afternoon, we were out with Steno and Stenalla, our boats. We went out into the ocean for about 5 miles from […]
May 9, 2026
Today was a Dolphin Bonanza, with four different species encountered during the day – one group was even lucky enough to see them all! Risso’s dolphins […]
May 8, 2026
Photo credit: Jonah German Covering only about 0.2% of the ocean floor, seagrass meadows are small in area but enormous in ecological impact. Found in shallow […]
April 20, 2026
What a day – Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) were just piling up, just 3 miles from the coast of Calheta. We encountered around four of them. […]
March 20, 2026
We have had so many Friday the 13ths in these last year and the superstitions are split into those associating the day with luck and those […]
March 17, 2026
The Cory’s shearwaters drew us out to sea—farther and farther from the coast. Our first encounter was with a small group of Short-beaked Common Dolphins (Delphinus […]